{"id":4187,"date":"2013-01-27T00:10:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T05:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=4187"},"modified":"2013-01-27T12:31:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T17:31:13","slug":"wha-a-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=4187","title":{"rendered":"Wha-a-a?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/image12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4189\" title=\"ThinBlueFlorida Sheep\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/image12-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/image12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/image12-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/image12.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Around 2130 hrs last night, I was standing beside the road with a sheep on a leash.\u00a0 I did not see that one coming.<\/p>\n<p>Some kids caught a ewe that had gotten loose from a nearby farm.  (Must be a sheep witness protection program, because I didn&#8217;t even know it was there.)\u00a0  I retrieved a dog leash from my trunk and kept the animal quiet until the owners arrived.\u00a0 There were some strange looks from passing motorists.<\/p>\n<p>I had seen a coyote earlier in my shift. \u00a0 There was a strong possibility the nervous sheep had been chased by a pack of our local predators.<\/p>\n<p>I have had dogs, cats, gators, horses, cows, monkeys, snakes, turtles, bats, and seagulls in custody, but never a sheep.<\/p>\n<p>You never know what will happen when you go to work&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 2130 hrs last night, I was standing beside the road with a sheep on a leash.\u00a0 I did not see that one coming. Some kids caught a ewe that had gotten loose from a nearby farm. (Must be a sheep witness protection program, because I didn&#8217;t even know it was there.)\u00a0 I retrieved a dog leash from my trunk and kept the animal quiet until the owners arrived.\u00a0 There were some strange looks from passing motorists. I had seen a coyote earlier in my shift. \u00a0 There was a strong possibility the nervous sheep had been chased by a pack of our local predators. 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